Luciana Baroni
Menopause has long been identified with the end of the working life of women, and in a sense with the hall of old age and death. This is definitely one of the many stages of life, which happens constantly, and which must be lived and appreciated for all that is and can give. What may in fact give the menopause is often compared to a profit even earlier ages: "... the woman who fifty years is able to fully trace the male model: strong established in work, financially independent, socially secure, and ... without menstruation, which further removes the gender difference. In practice un'unisex with a biological advantage over the man, to have a prospect of living longer and healthier (Chiechi LM: menopause in post-industrial society-critical medical construction of menopause, and Arachne. 2006).
In this age of life occurs, however, a change of metabolism with reduced energy consumption and increased demand for certain nutrients, and certain disorders that may occur, regardless of the normal aging process of the body, primarily depend on the fall in levels of circulating estrogen due to ovarian activity ceased.
If the reduction of energy requirements establish in fact, as humans, at risk of overweight, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, the collapse of estrogen increases the risk of osteoporosis and alters the balance of the autonomic nervous system, known just as the situation neurovegetative syndrome, whose symptoms are the key hot flashes.
Regarding osteoporosis, ie bone loss, it is clear that this does not affect equally all the women on the planet, but gives priority to those living in Western countries. And 'in fact a multifactorial disease, but basically develops in conditions that promote calcium loss from the body (ie the negative balance of this mineral) and depend largely on the environment and lifestyle. If the intake of adequate amounts of calcium is important in so far at least 550 mg per day, the scientific evidence does not support the role of high consumption of dairy products in the prevention of osteoporosis. Appears to control against major factors that directly or indirectly-escape-body calcium, among them, the highest was the high consumption of protein from animal sources, especially, followed by high intakes of phosphorus, salt, caffeine, alcohol. The role of phytoestrogens is still controversial, but this probably depends only on the fact that clinical trials have not been able to reproduce the effect of these substances in the context of a diet that contains plenty of them, of course, that is a plant-based diet which is, moreover rich in fruits and vegetables, the only foods whose consumption has been shown to actually be able to protect against osteoporosis.
neurovegetative syndrome affects the majority of Western women, while it has such a low incidence in Asian women. It seems due to an alteration of brain levels of neurotramettitori, particularly serotonin, that affect the mechanisms Control of body temperature trigger reactions appropriate to lower it even under conditions that did not require, through cutaneous vasodilation (the flash) and night sweats. Since the levels of serotonin are increased by lower intakes of protein and carbohydrate in the diet increased revenue, it is unclear how plant-based diets and are able to act favorably on this disorder typical of menopause. Effect also contributes to their high content of phytoestrogens, which may act on both estrogen receptors and as antioxidants, along with many other antioxidants contained in plant-based diets.
To conclude therefore that a plant-based diet, quickly dashed to the features, can be helpful to women in menopause because it can protect children from "big trouble" for this phase, but also because powerful tool for the prevention of overweight, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer breast, and possibly osteoporosis. Try it!
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